Why Rage And Final Fantasy XIII Were Bad Games

It's a little old but here's a quick opinion piece via eGamer.co.za about why such games as Rage, Final Fantasy XIII and even Crysis 2 in the minds of some, are bad games. Spoiler alert: They're tech demos.

"Is bad the right word to use? Perhaps. It’s definitely the easiest in a pinch, especially when you’re finding difficulty placing such games. It certainly isn’t too harsh of a criticism while remaining on the side of judgement that you’d like to place the games in question, wherein you are in fact saying the following: They’re shit. "

But, anyway, Rage was horribly mundane and low on content. Even its hyped to oblivion graphics were only so impressive. In fact, a lot of the environment looked like crap. And they seem to have forgotten that shooter fans like the multiplayer to have shooting in it.

Hey! Surprise! It wasn't/isn't another CoD clone! And it sure isn't targeting the ones focused on multiplayer as it has a great and long campaign. Rage is an awesome game. I just got it, I must admit I held of so long. But it's totally underrated. And I don't even think its a "great" looking game. It looks OK, but we've seen better. But I have a blast playing it.

I agree with Rage, but have no opinion of FF13 as I've never played it.

Rage was a boring game. So boring, it basically stole the plot of another boring game, and tried to mimic the gameplay of the very good Borderlands. I've tried multiple times to complete Rage but I just can't seem to give a s***. There's just too much stupid in Rage. For example...Wingsticks usually kills most mobs instantly, but shooting them in the head with steel or feltrite bullets does nothing.

The game also feels old. id did a good job with melee character's A.I., but anyone with a gun made me feel like I was playing Doom again. And while the game is open ended (sort of), most of that open ended gameplay comes in the form of car combat, with the rest of the gameplay taking place in a series of dungeons that are nothing more than a bunch of corridors...

There's more reasons why I thought Rage was terrible but the game is just too boring to talk about anymore.

The author should talk about Crysis 2 next round and why they're bothering to make another..

Not sure how people can love Rage, there's not much there to begin with. And "Mega-Texure"? What over-hyped garbage that was. Maybe it was impressive on the consoles, but it was garbage on PC. Distant textures were great, but up close it was a mess.

Square Enix wasted this generation making mediocre games no one wanted. SE could have made a FF Final Crises sequel or expanded that world on consoles, or how about released FF Versus or Kingdom Hearts 3 or spin off's, or new IP's, or simply make a good FF game. Never played Rage, just didn't appeal to me.

Even the developers admitted to Rage being a let-down because they wanted to do more with it, but couldn't. Unfortunately, that only pisses off people who played the game and expected more.

I sold mine for what I paid for it, but for less than $10 I would gladly play it again. It wasn't the worst game ever by any means, it just was a let-down in the sense that it couldn't do what we thought it could...